nearly all
The vast majority
Nearly all means almost the entire amount or group, with only minor exceptions: Nearly all the guests had arrived by eight.
It emphasizes that what remains is negligible—close enough to totality that the difference barely matters.
Nearly all of us agreed.
- almostShort of completely
- pretty muchNearly, with reservations
- practicallyAlmost but not quite
- virtuallyNearly but not quite
- more or lessApproximately, not exactly
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